tsk-tsk

A form of tsk tsk — Used to indicate disapproval, disappointment, or discontent.

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Meanings

interjection
  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of tsk tsk.
verbtsk-tsk (third-person singular simple present tsk-tsks, present participle tsk-tsking, simple past and past participle tsk-tsked)

present singular third person tsk-tsks · participle present tsk-tsking · participle past tsk-tsked · past tsk-tsked

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of tsktsk.

    I wasn't interested in spending 150 pages just tsk-tsking white people, and am always perplexed that so many black writers are content with spending their career doing little but that.

    2021, John H. McWhorter, chapter 4, in Woke Racism, New York: Forum, →ISBN
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APA

tsk-tsk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tsk-tsk

MLA

“tsk-tsk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tsk-tsk. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tsk-tsk,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tsk-tsk.

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